Archive for the ‘Edison Institute’ tag

It’s been far too long since we checked in with our friends at The Old Motor, and we see that David Greenlees recently posteda pair of photos depicting a strike outside the Edison Institute at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, dated November 20, 1950. As David noted, not unexpectedly are there plenty of Ford products in both of these images.

The strike, which started about a month prior and lasted through January 1951, was apparently called in response to a $4 million increase in funding for the institute – later known as The Henry Ford – without accompanying raises for institute workers. The institute remained closed for the duration of the strike, until the institute’s management reached a deal with the CIO United Auto Workers Local 245.